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Jenny-Fair -> Some people's parents (7/24/2008 10:36:47 AM)

Judge sides with girl on name-change

On the one hand, I think parents should be able to name their children as they please. On the other hand, it seems there are actually parents who are too stupid to be allowed to!

One wonders if they ought to have kids.



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Some people's parents (7/24/2008 10:57:02 AM)

roflol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

last month when we were in the hospital they gave us a book of names used in OK births for 2007....some were very strange (I will have to pull that out and type some of them up in here)



stampinlady -> RE: Some people's parents (7/24/2008 11:11:58 AM)

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One wonders if they ought to have kids.


Seriously. I think a child has every right to change their name if they so choose.



lexie -> RE: Some people's parents (7/24/2008 11:31:17 AM)

I read that this morning and fell over laughing. I can't wait to tell Dh when he comes home from work, he HATES when parents give their children stupid names.

Quebec has had rules for years on what you can name your children. The Attorney General is allowed to rename any child who they think has been given a horrible name. The registrar can tell you if you should change the name when you file the birth. If you refuse, they'll allow you to but they will then notify the Attorney General.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Some people's parents (7/24/2008 11:38:07 AM)

I think that is too MUCH regulation. I mean, I know there's a European country that would not have allowed me to, say, spell Nathan's name as Nathyn. And as much as I would never do that, I don't think it should be illegal. But there does need to be a line.

Nathan is actually Nathan because I couldn't name him Noah, as that would have been one of those names (when combined with his last name) that invited ridicule. But I didn't realize it until it was pointed out to me, because I kept thinking Noah-middlename-lastname and never heard the problem with that middle name in there! I wonder if the registrat would catch that.



Purposeful_Life -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 5:50:44 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair

One wonders if they ought to have kids.


It is often correctly stated that you need a license to drive a car but anyone can parent a child.



cindybode -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 4:32:07 PM)

Try working in the NICU in an inner city hospital. We get some pretty interesting names. I can't repeat the most interesting here because they would be TOS violations. [&:]



Ellie-Mae -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 4:36:45 PM)

Cindy,

Do they not like their babies?



cindybode -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 4:49:14 PM)

Some of them don't like their babies. [&o] Some of them have been taking things that impair their judgement. Most of them are babies themselves and don't have a great deal of wisdom or common sense when it comes to choosing names.



Karaboo2 -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 5:55:34 PM)

Then you've got thos people who were given perfectly "normal and acceptable" names by their parents, but decide to break away from the norm when they are adults and have their names changed to something really out of the norm. (I have actually seen the driver's licence and name change certificate of a person who changed his name at 18 to that of a main character in a Charles Dickens classic ... one that is really popular around Christmas ....) His wife has a very unique name as well ... she shares her name with an autumn fruit.



Jenny-Fair -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 8:14:47 PM)

What not to do: As a young lady why she is named October when she was born in July. [sm=blush.gif]

Perhaps her parents should not have named her that? lol



agapetos -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 8:25:24 PM)

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I know there's a European country
I have to admit, you have me wondering why you have phrased it like that and not simply named the country.

I had a psych lecturer at college who, when he and his wife became parents, called the baby Eve Lynn. It wasn't until a while later that they realised that she'd be going through her life with her first and second name initial as Eve L.[&:]



cindybode -> RE: Some people's parents (7/27/2008 8:38:32 PM)

A couple of the more benign names we've had belonged to a set of twins, who were named Placenta and Meconium. Apparently Mom heard those words in the delivery room and thought they were nice names. [sm=aside.gif]



3cappuccinosmom -> RE: Some people's parents (7/28/2008 7:22:57 AM)

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Then you've got thos people who were given perfectly "normal and acceptable" names by their parents, but decide to break away from the norm when they are adults and have their names changed to something really out of the norm.


My dad had a patient many years ago who legally changed her name to "The Magical Genie Poof". [8D] She was well known around town so people weren't surprised. I wonder if she still keeps that name.

When my parents practiced in rural Virginia, they heard some really incredible names. [&:]

Of course, talking about weird names, some people think I'm one of those folks. My kids certainly have names that sound strange to American ears.



momof4 -> RE: Some people's parents (7/28/2008 8:01:34 AM)

I live and work in a very culturally diverse city. Even at my church, there are many people with what might be called "unusual" names. After being immersed in so many diff cultures (many diff African cultures, SE Asian cultures, Eastern European, etc) I have become immune to thinking that any name is "weird". I am used to being around loads of diff immigrant groups, and also "accents" don't faze me. That said, I can't agree more with the judge who allowed the 9 yr old to change her name. That one is really bizzare! It can't be considered a "cultural" name. It is an example of parents who have not thot of the child's feelings AT ALL!

And, all that said, what about a famous Olympian skier, who chose her own name at 5, I believe? You know who I'm talking about, Peekaboo Street! I wonder if she ever regretted her choice? Her name didn't seem to impair her abilities at all, or cause her any hardship, but then she chose it herself. Hmmm



peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Some people's parents (7/28/2008 12:42:58 PM)

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And, all that said, what about a famous Olympian skier, who chose her own name at 5, I believe? You know who I'm talking about, Peekaboo Street! I wonder if she ever regretted her choice? Her name didn't seem to impair her abilities at all, or cause her any hardship, but then she chose it herself. Hmmm

she was 2yo when she chose her name...and her parents specifically didn't "name" her anything, choosing instead to call her "Little Girl" until she was old enough to choose a name for herself. At 2yo though she had to get a passport and it required a name. She chose the name of a city in Idaho. ("Picabo" is how it is spelled though...It is a native American word that she liked, the meaning of which is "shining waters")



goodnsimple -> RE: Some people's parents (7/29/2008 12:49:17 PM)

I'm a Nursery Nurse... I have seen some interesting ones, but not too too far out.
We had twins named Randall and Anderson... to be called Randy and Andy, awful cute? but they were girls!
Then we have had a few Latigo (s)(the rope you tie your lariet to) I actually kind of like that one.
A pastor in town is named Larimore Wicket, I LOVE that one.
I would way rather have a unique name (but not ...does the hula) than be a jr. (I am sooo not a fan of jr.)
We get some flack for Jasper and Dutch.



Mrs.X -> RE: Some people's parents (7/29/2008 1:12:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: goodnsimple

We had twins named Randall and Anderson... to be called Randy and Andy, awful cute?
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That is cute. I love sibling names that rhyme.....My kiddos are Timmy and Jimmy.



goodnsimple -> RE: Some people's parents (7/29/2008 3:20:30 PM)

oops[:o] I re-read my post and it is a bit confusing... most of those names were babies in the nursery.
Only the last two were my kids...



McGuinessMagee -> RE: Some people's parents (7/29/2008 11:01:09 PM)

I get wanting to give your child an unusual name. I grew up with so many Kylies around me that it wasn't an option not to have nicknames (and my surname at the time did not lend itself toward kind nicknames).

For that reason I really sympathise with one young girl I know whose name is Jessica Dick (Jessica is so popular around her age group that it's ridiculous). I actually wonder sometimes whether Births, Deaths and Marriages should have a quota on names and once the quota has been reached you have to choose something else.

On the other hand, some people truly are stupid and so there are people wandering around with names like (from examples I've met or known of through friends) - Honi Moon, Theresa Green, Wayne Kerr, Timothy (Tim) Burr, Aphrodite Cox and Amanda Marin.

Dh went to school with a Peter and Andrew Niss who now run a plumbing business. You really do have to be careful of nicknames.

On the Jnr thing, we didn't realise that J's initials spelt JNR until he was about two months old.

Kylie[sm=silly.gif]



momof4 -> RE: Some people's parents (7/30/2008 7:07:27 AM)

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ORIGINAL: McGuinessMagee



On the other hand, some people truly are stupid and so there are people wandering around with names like (from examples I've met or known of through friends) - Honi Moon, Theresa Green, Wayne Kerr, Timothy (Tim) Burr, Aphrodite Cox and Amanda Marin.

Dh went to school with a Peter and Andrew Niss who now run a plumbing business. You really do have to be careful of nicknames.

On the Jnr thing, we didn't realise that J's initials spelt JNR until he was about two months old.

Kylie[sm=silly.gif]


OK, I'm missing something here. What is the funny thing about Theresa Green, Aphrodite Cox and Amanda Marin? And what is the significance of the inititials JNR? If it were DNR, then i would get it, but what does JNR stand for? And what is wrong wioth Peter and andrew Niss? Don't get that one either. [:)] [&o] [8|]



agapetos -> RE: Some people's parents (7/30/2008 7:15:07 AM)

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And what is the significance of the inititials JNR? If it were DNR, then i would get it, but what does JNR stand for?

JNR = Junior. While it always seems fairly common for Americans to tag Jnr onto a son's name, it's not so common in other parts of the world.

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And what is wrong wioth Peter and andrew Niss? Don't get that one either.
Sometimes you just gotta let the names run around your mind for a while. Took me a minute to get there too.[&:]



zoebob -> RE: Some people's parents (7/30/2008 7:44:48 AM)

I don'tget those either



nanato3 -> RE: Some people's parents (7/30/2008 4:08:13 PM)

They don't have to be junior you can give them a number like first or second for instance no.1 grandson is the second. But it really gets me when parents give names like Thunder Bolt or Iduma Best, or Precious Jewel. Those are some I know of. My sil at 18 changed her name from Marion. Both were normal names she just happened to prefer her nickname. But I really feel for these kids having to go through life with some stupid name their parents gave them.



Mrs.X -> RE: Some people's parents (7/30/2008 4:45:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: agapetos

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And what is the significance of the inititials JNR? If it were DNR, then i would get it, but what does JNR stand for?

JNR = Junior. While it always seems fairly common for Americans to tag Jnr onto a son's name, it's not so common in other parts of the world.

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And what is wrong wioth Peter and andrew Niss? Don't get that one either.
Sometimes you just gotta let the names run around your mind for a while. Took me a minute to get there too.[&:]


Pete Niss



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